Join us for a free workshop with artist Laura Napier in conjunction with her upcoming PS1 exhibition in May 2022!

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Ethanol: love it or hate it? Folks are invited to bring objects that relate to ethanol and/or petroculture to show and tell, such as your flex-fuel car keys, chemistry sets, and corn man action figures. Together we will select one of these artifacts to study and unpack unexpected connections through different lenses of inquiry, including historical, labor, economic, political, material, and symbolic dimensions. The ecosystem that we uncover during this workshop will be mapped by the artist into an installation, to go on view in late spring.  This “Writing the Implosion” workshop format is based on the writings of Donna Haraway and Joseph Dumit, and is courtesy Trash Academy of Mural Arts Philadelphia.

Ages 14+. Masks required.
No art or writing experience required to participate!

Laura Napier is an artist researching the social cultures of oil and gas, as we face massive climate change. In her past lives, she lived in Houston, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and the Bronx, and her parents were born in Detroit. She is an avid bicycler but also keeps an inherited and aging gas-powered sedan in running condition, and she is not sure if she should use gas with ethanol or not. Napier is Visiting Assistant Professor in Photography at the University of Iowa.

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